eelgrass
Zostera marina
Category: Seagrass & Algae
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Zosteraceae
- Genus
- Zostera
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 11 countries and 2 regions.
- Ksamil, Albania - 2 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 1 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 1 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 1 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 6 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 16 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 41 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 49 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 32 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 1 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 5 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 40 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 281 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 1 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 482 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 42 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 348 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 82 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 98 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 23 records